Excelsior College

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Excelsior College
ExcelsiorCollegeSeal.png
Seal of Excelsior College
Motto Ever Upward
Established 1971
Type Private, Non-profit
President Dr. John F. Ebersole
Provost Dr. Mary Beth Hanner
Students 31,683
Undergraduates 30,254
Postgraduates 1,145
Location Albany, New York, USA United States
Campus Online
Former names Regents College
Philosophy What you know is more important than where or how you learned it.
Colors Purple, Gold          
Website www.excelsior.edu
Excelsior College logo
Alumnus Russell Chazell, National Chief of Staff of the Civil Air Patrol
Alumnus June Jones, Head Football Coach at Southern Methodist University

Excelsior College is a private, non-profit[1] institution of higher education in Albany, New York. It is a constituent member of The University of the State of New York, and has its own charter and Board of Trustees. Excelsior College offers degrees at the undergraduate and graduate level. The college comprises four schools: the School of Business and Technology, the School of Health Sciences, the School of Liberal Arts, the School of Nursing.

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[edit] History

Excelsior College was founded in 1971 by the New York State Board of Regents as its external degree program, known as The Regents External Degree Program. The initial development of the program was funded by major grants from the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. From 1971 until 1998, Regents College operated as a program of the Board of Regents (which also served as its board of trustees) and under the authority of The University of the State of New York by which degrees and diplomas were awarded during that period. In April 1998, the Board of Regents granted the College an absolute charter to operate as a private, nonprofit, independent institution. On January 1, 2001, Regents College changed its name to Excelsior College. (Excelsior is Latin for "ever upward," and is the motto of New York State.) Today, Excelsior College has more than 30,000 students enrolled in a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

[edit] Accreditation

Excelsior College is regionally accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Its nursing programs are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. The School of Nursing has twice been designated a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing. Its baccalaureate degree programs in electronics engineering technology and nuclear engineering technology are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.The bachelor's degree programs in accounting (NYS CPA Track) and business are accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program has been accepted into full membership by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP).

[edit] Academics

Excelsior College is well-known for its flexible, non-resident degree programs.[2][3][4]

Sources of college credit that can be used towards an Excelsior College degree program include Excelsior College distance learning courses, courses from other regionally-accredited institutions, college-level subject-matter examinations (including CLEP exams, and DSST/DANTES exams), non-collegiate training (including corporate, governmental, and military training) that has been evaluated for college-level credit by the American Council on Education (ACE), and assessments of prior learning portfolios. Students enrolled as of September 1, 2010, can also earn credit if they take a GRE subject exam. Students who enroll after that date will not be eligible. Unlike most colleges, Excelsior College sets no limitations on the amount of allowable transfer credit.

Excelsior College also offers Excelsior College Examinations (ECE) which are comparable to CLEP and DSST exams and are accepted as a source of credits by many (but not all) colleges in the United States.

Excelsior College is a member of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. SOC institutions are dedicated to helping Servicemembers and their families earn college degrees. Military students can take courses in their off-duty hours at or near military installations in the United States, overseas, and on Navy ships.[5] Additionally, Excelsior College has repeatedly been nominated as a top military-friendly school by multiple organizations.[6][7]

Excelsior College is one of several regionally accredited colleges operating on a model similar to Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey, and Charter Oak State College in Connecticut referred to in distance learning circles as The Big Three.

[edit] Notable alumni

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[edit] Arts, Sports, and Entertainment

  • Alfred M. Albers '92, author
  • Steven Cowell '90, Aviation Safety Consultant; local and national media aviation expert
  • Erik Feldmanis '86, author
  • Kenton J. Falerios '00, military author
  • June Jones, Head Football Coach, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
  • James Terrence Karney, award-winning photographer, photojournalist, and author
  • Anthony Saladino '03, noted filmmaker
  • Afaa Michael Weaver '86, award-winning poet
  • Susan Jeske '98, Ms. America '97

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